Educational opportunities in palliative care: What do general practitioners want?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 191-196

  Shipman, Catherine ^a   Addington Hall, Julia ^a   Barclay, Stephen ^b   Briggs, Jill ^c   Cox, Ivan ^d   Daniels, Lilian ^e   Millar, David ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Palliative care education; Primary care; Specialist palliative care services

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LIFE; MALE; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SKILL; SYMPTOM; SYRINGE; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0035017092     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921601678576176     Document Type: Article

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